7th Infantry Regiment (Austria-Hungary)

Battle Path

XVII century

The regiment was formed at the height of the Great Turkish War by order of Leopold I. On January 25, 1691, General Feldwachtmeister Count Notger Wilhelm von Oettinge-Baldern formed a regiment of 1,500 people and sizes of 10 companies ^[4] . The regiment included immigrants from the Franconian district : The first volunteers arrived from Nuremberg , Bamberg , Bayreuth and Ulm , as well as Rothenburg ob der Tauber . The regiment reached 1320 muskets and 80 espontons for junior officers. The regiment received an honorary name in honor of Count Oettingen-Baldern as the founder of the regiment, and then was renamed in honor of Baron von Pfeffershofen.

The main task of the regiment was the defense of the Austrian borders from Turkish raids, and he began his service in Buda , Ofen fortress. He was baptized in battle at Ulash in 1696 , in which Turkish troops defeated the Austrians. However, a year later, under Zenta, the Austrians, under the command of Eugene of Savoy , defeated the Turks together with this regiment. By 1699, the level of morale and morale of the regiment had fallen to extremely low, and rumors were circulating about its disbandment. The regiment included parts of the Neipperg and Württemberg-Mempelhard regiments, which saved the von Oettinge-Baldern regiment from disbanding. The regiment commander was Colonel Eberhard Friedrich von Neipperg, who commanded the regiment until 1717 (the regiment began to bear his name). Then he was given a regimental orchestra with drummers and pipers. After the war ended, the regiment participated in the suppression of the uprising of Ferenc Rakoczy .

18th century

In the XVIII century , the von Neipperge regiment fought in a number of major European wars: from 1713 to 1716, he served in the Rhine army during the war for the Spanish inheritance, in 1716 during the next war against Turkey he distinguished himself in the Battle of Petrovaradin , for which the feldzheimemeister von Neipperg. having already left the regiment of the commander, sent a letter of thanks to the regiment, which at that time was comparable to the mercy of the emperor himself. Colonel Count Ludwig Andreas von Hefenhuller personally reported the victory to the emperor; in October 1716, during the same war, the regiment occupied Temeshwar. On February 24, 1717, the commander of the regiment was Count Reinhard Wilhelm von Neipperg, the son of Count Eberhard von Neipperg, and in June occupied Belgrade with the regiment. In 1718, recruits from Carinthia and Styria were recruited to the regiment (for each, from 29 to 49 gold florins were paid to the family). In the war for the Austrian inheritance, the regiment fought in Bavaria, Mass, in Luxembourg and the Netherlands. During the Seven Years' War, the regiment was based in Bohemia, fought against the Prussians at Colin and at Burkersdorf . In the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1791, the Austrian forces were commanded by Baron von Schroeder and Franz Javier von Harrach. The regiment under the command of Oberst Lieutenant Count Emanuel Auersberg and Oberst Lieutenant Sobtitsky von Sobtitsa fought at Focsani and Martineşt.

XIX century

In the wars with Napoleon, the regiment was commanded by Captain Marinovsky in the battles in Italy (Colognola ai Collie), in 1809, the regiment was commanded by Ferdinand, the Grand Duke of Würzburg , in the war against Napoleon. During the war for the unification of Italy, the regiment participated in all important battles as part of the troops under the command of Field Marshal Radetsky. On May 19, 1948, during one of the battles, Colonel Baron Reischach inspired the 7th Regiment with the battle cry, “Go Forward! Long live the Kaiser! ”( German: Vorwärts Prohaska! Es lebe der Kaiser! ), Which allowed the regiment to defend Montanar. On June 10, at the battle of Vicenza, the 4th company distinguished itself, held at Villa Rotunda. Carinthian infantry allowed the capture of the city. In 1859, after the Battle of Solferino, the 4th battalion occupied Venice , which he left in 1866. In 1862, the entire regiment returned to Carinthia after the end of the war.

At the beginning of 1866, the regiment under the command of Baron von Marojicic was in Northern Italy, and in early May a general mobilization was announced on the occasion of the impending German war . The 7th regiment was included in the Kirchsberg brigade, the 9th corps of the southern army of Field Marshal Hertung. On June 24, at 16:30 , the second battle at Kustots began , and on the orders of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions attacked Monte Croce from both sides. The first time the regiment managed to capture six guns, and of these continued to fire on Italian positions, forcing the enemy to retreat. By the highest command of Kaiser , June 24th became Memorial Day of the 7th Infantry Regiment. The war, however, ended with the victory of the Italians, and the regiment was forced in mid-July to leave Venice, which joined Italy. The 7th regiment was sent to Vienna, after which it was transferred to the Northern Army. After serving there for some time, the regiment was sent to Trieste and returned to Graz in October of that year.

In 1869, the regiment suppressed an uprising in Dalmatia against general military service, a year later it was again sent to garrisons in Klagenfurt and Graz . In 1879, the 4th and 5th battalions of the regiment as part of the 6th division under the command of Oberstleutenant Baron von Pittel participated in the conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, fighting near Konzoy and Maglai, Belalovac and Sarajevo. The remaining units were sent to Trento , south of Tyrol, to guard the Italian border and prevent provocations. These battalions served in Riva, Creto and Torbole. Soon, floods and landslides began, and the regiment soldiers had to deal with the rescue of the victims and the aftermath of these disasters.

XX century

In 1909, the Austrian Schwarzlose machine guns entered the armament for the first time.

At the time of the outbreak of the war, the regiment was subordinate to the command "A", Colonel Cossack in Northern Galicia. On August 26, 1914 , he was baptized in battle at the Battle of Zlochev and Veliki Lack. In the autumn of the same year, the regiment participated in the defense of the Carpathians against the advancing Russian troops near Gniloy-Lipa, on the Grodek-Mshan road and directly in the battles for Lvov after which the Austrian units had to leave the city. In October, the regiment participated in the defense of Przemysl , which was eventually surrendered, and then defended the Dukla pass in the winter of 1914/15. In February 1915, after the regrouping of the Austro-Hungarian forces, the 7th Regiment transferred to the 6th Infantry Division and, while in Körösmezö , went on the offensive on the Barovac – Konyach line.

May 23, 1915 Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, the regiment at that time was on the Dniester. Due to the acute shortage of troops on the Italian border, the 2nd battalion was immediately abandoned in Italy, to the town of Isonzo (the rest came there much later). The 7th regiment took part in several battles at Isonzo ^[5] and distinguished himself in the fourth during the defense of Mount San Michele ^[6] , and in December he defended the Poleken and Raible passes in the Carinthian Alps. The beginning of 1915 in Hermagor he met the 10th battalion in Nassfeld, later served at Lake Volayo and then in Monte Peralba. Since January 1, 1916, the regiment was regularly holding the 2nd battalion.

In 1916, the 7th Regiment defended Carinthia and the Julian Alps . In 1917 he took part in the Battle of Caporetto . Four battalions in the mountains and one battalion in Wischberg were located east of Flysch . On October 24th, a breakthrough began in the direction of Caporetto and Flysch, and the regiment set off to storm in full force (except for the 4th battalion) the height of Polounik. By November 15, Monte Tomatico was taken; in December, fighting for Monte Azolone ensued. In June 1918, the regiment repelled attacks on Monte Solaro and Monte Pertica, but due to the massive desertion of numerous Czech soldiers from October 27, the 7th regiment began to retreat. In the battles for the peaks of Prassolan and Pertikahang, the regiment lost a lot of killed and captured, soon left the front line and reached Brunico , and from there went to Iinnihen on November 10 . By November 13, only 300 personnel of the former 7th regiment arrived in Klagenfurt. At the very end of the war, the regiment was finally disbanded.

Patrons of the Regiment

• 1691: Wilhelm von Oettingen
• 1691: Johann Ferdinand von Neipperg
• 1700: Eberhard Friedrich von Neipperg
• 1717: Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
• 1774: Franz Xavier Harrach
• 1783: Carl von Schroeder
• 1835-1862: Baron Franz Adolf Prochazka von Gulfenburg
• 1862-1883: Baron Joseph Marochich di Madonna del Monte
• 1883-1887: Baron Dalen von Orlaburg
• 1888-1918: Count Ludwig Andreas von Hefenhuller

As of August 1914 .

• Subordination: 3rd Army Corps, 6th Infantry Division
• National composition: 97% are Germans, 3% are other nationalities (according to other sources, 79% are Germans, 21% are other nationalities) ^[7]
• Headquarters: Graz
• The deployment of battalions: 1st, 3rd, 4th - Graz , 2nd - Klagenfurt ^[8]
• Commander: Colonel Otto Koshatsky
• Headquarters officers:
  • Oberst Lieutenant Johann Hubinger
  • Major Hermann Fleischer
  • Major Maximilian Palik
  • Major Johann Kaufmann
  • Major Ignaz Prunster
  • Major Friedrich Buckaisen
  • Major Ritter Heinrich Schönhaber von Wengenroth
  • Major Heinrich Lunzer, edler von Lindhausen
• Regimental colors:
  • uniform color: blue
  • buttonhole color: brown
  • button color: silver
• Language: German

• 1718: Ofen
• 1720: Arad
• 1730: Belgrade
• 1731: Esseg and Panchova
• 1736: Ferrara
• 1739: Parma , Lucca, Siena , Pisa and Elba
• 1816: Lipnik and Olmutz
• 1817: Gorizia (headquarters and 1st battalion), Trieste (2nd battalion) and Gradiska (3rd battalion)
• 1824: Klagenfurt
• 1830: Upper Italy
• 1893: Graz and Klagenfurt

• 1859: Colonel Georg Prochazka ^[9]
• 1865: Colonel Carl von Beck ^[10]
• 1873: Colonel Emerich Kiffel
• 1879: Colonel Karl Yauz ^[11]
• 1903-1905: Colonel Victor Reitz Edler von Reitzenegg
• 1906-1909: Colonel Franz Paukert ^[12]
• 1913: Colonel Johann Fernangel
• 1914: Colonel Otto Koshatsky ^[1]

Directories

• Österreich-Ungarns bewaffnete Macht 1900-1914
• Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918 By Glenn Jewison & Jörg C. Steiner
• Kais. Königl. Militär-Schematismus für 1873. Wiedeń: KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1873.
• Schematismus für das Kaiserliche und Königliche Heer und für das Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriege-Marine für 1895. Wiedeń: KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1894.
• Schematismus für das Kaiserliche und Königliche Heer und für das Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriege-Marine für 1900. Wiedeń: KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1889.

Research and Memoirs

• ASSAM, R .: Des Kärntner Infanterieregiment Graf von Khevenhüller Nr. 7 letztes Ringen und Ende. Graz: 1935.
• "Kurzer Auszug" aus der Geschichte des ku K. Kärntnerischen Infanterie-Regimentes Graf von Khevenhüller Nr. 7. Graz: 1914.
• BARTELS, GUSTAV VON: Aus der Geschichte des Khevenhüller-Regimentes 1691 - 1918. Sonderabdruck aus Lykams "Neuem Soldatenkalender 1933. Graz: 1932.
• BARTELS, GUSTAV VON: Das Kevenhüller-Regiment vor dem Weltkriege 1691 - 1914. Klagenfurt: 1933.
• BARTELS VON BARTBERG, GUSTAV RITTER: Geschichte des kuk kärntnerischen Infanterie-Regiments Graf v. Khevenhüller Nr. 7. Graz: 1913.
• Chronik des kk 7. Linien-Infanterie-Regimentes seit seiner Errichtung 1691 bis Ende Mai 1868. Graz: 1868.
• Festnummer der Karnisch-Julischen Kriegszeitung Nr. 20-28 zu Ehren des kuk Infanterie-Regimentes Graf Khevenhüller Nr. 7. o. O .: 1917.
• AMON VON TREUENFEST, GUSTAV: Geschichte des kk 7. Infanterie-Regiments Graf Kevenhüller. OO, Wien, 1891. Online
• KROMAR, KONRAD: Kurze Geschichte des. kuk Infanterie-Regimentes FM Graf v. Khevenhüller Nr. 7. Klagenfurt: 1895.
• KRUG, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mit den Siebnern wider den Erbfeind. Felderlebnisse von der Südwestfront. Granz: 1917.
• MACIAGA, JOSEF: Pflichten und Verhaltungen des Soldaten (erläutert an Beispielen aus der Geschichte des kuk IR FM Graf v. Khevenhüller Nr. 7). Graz: 1902.